Michael Convertino

{{Short description|American composer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2019}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Michael Convertino

| background = person

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1952}}

| birth_place = New York City

| genre = Film scores, soundtracks, rock

| occupations = Composer, musician

| instrument = Keyboards

| years_active = 1982–present

}}

Michael John Convertino (born 1952 in New York City) is an American musician and film score composer{{Cite news|url=http://www.cinematicsound.net/the-music-of-michael-convertino-pt-1/|title=THE MUSIC OF MICHAEL CONVERTINO PT. 1|date=April 12, 2011|work=Cinematic Sound Radio {{!}} The Home For Film, TV and Video Game Music Radio Since 1996|access-date=28 July 2018}} best known for his collaborations with director Randa Haines on films like Children of a Lesser God, The Doctor, Wrestling Ernest Hemingway, and Dance with Me,{{Cite news|url=https://moviemusicuk.us/2016/10/06/children-of-a-lesser-god-michael-convertino/|title=CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD – Michael Convertino|date=October 6, 2016|work=MOVIE MUSIC UK|access-date=28 July 2018}} as well as The Hidden, Bull Durham, Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, and the Tim Allen comedies The Santa Clause and Jungle 2 Jungle.{{Cite web|url=http://www.movie-wave.net/titles/straight_darkness.html|title=Convertino: Straight into Darkness}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.soundtrack.net/person/michael-convertino/|title=Michael Convertino - Soundtrack.Net|website=soundtrack.net|access-date=28 July 2018}}